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A SHORT WALK
TAKAYAMA

Distance 1 mile (2 km) Time 30 minutes Nearest
train station JR Takayama line charming wooden buildings that line the
EXPERIENCE Central Honshu place to explore on foot. From 1692 to 1868 high, skylighted ceilings, wooden beams, and
With its unspoiled pedestrianized streets,
Takayama’s Sannomachi Quarter is the perfect
streets. These old merchant houses reveal
fireproof storage rooms. Many of them are
this area was under direct shogunate control
still shops selling local crafts, making them
as a source of timber, and the quality of the
surrounding forests, as well as the famed skills
the perfect spots to pause. There are several
of the town’s carpenters, are reflected in the
fascinating museums in this part of town, too.
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S H I M O N I N O M A C H I

YAY O I - B A S H I S H I M O S A N N O M A C H I
B R I D G E

Once a sake merchant’s
house, the Yoshijima
Heritage House has M I YA R I V E R
re tained its wooden beamed
interior, lit by high windows.
Rebuilt of Japanese cypress in
1879 after a fire, this house is a
well-preserved money-lender’s
0 meters 50 N dwelling. It now houses the
0 yards 50 Kusakabe Folk Museum,
displaying folk craft items. Morning market
K A J I - B A S H I B R I D G E

A merchant presenting
his wares at Takayama’s
morning market
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